GENERAL ENGLISH #42
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Directions
(1-5): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled
in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each
question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
1. My
windows look ………… the garden.
(a) up on
(b) out on
(c) in
(d) at
Answer:
(b)
2. I
have made a rough ………… of the report.
(a) drapht
(b) draught
(c) drought
(d) draft
Answer:
(d)
3. The
reward was not commensurate ………… the work done by us.
(a) for
(b) on
(c) with
(d) upon
Answer:
(c)
4. I
didn’t care ………… the expense; I want the party to be a real success.
(a) of
(b) with
(c) about
(d) at
Answer:
(c)
5. Vinay
does not play cricket, and ………… does Yeshwant.
(a) so
(b) also
(c) eihter
(d) neither
Answer:
(a)
Directions
(6-10): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one
which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
6. To
secretly store more than what is allowed
(a) Hoard
(b) Store
(c) Hide
(d) Aboard
Answer:
(a)
7. Very
dramatic
(a) Histrionic
(b) Hippocratic
(c) Hirsute
(d) Hoary
Answer:
(a)
8. A
figure of speech b which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only
resembles
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Personification
(d) Alliteration
Answer:
(b)
9. The
process by which a person or an organization reduces the, amount of money it
spends
(a) Budgeting
(b) Retrenchment
(c) Saving
(d) Closure
Answer:
(a)
10. An
established principle of practical wisdom
(a) Marxism
(b) Maxim
(c) Neologism
(d) Platonism
Answer:
(b)
Directions
(11-20): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. First
read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the
blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Passage-I
The last decade has been …(11)… for management education
and development. When the economies of most western countries were …(12)… in
the early 1980’s there were …(13)… cuts both in corporate training and in
higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980’s there were some
…(14)… in both areas. In the early 1990’s industrialized countries were in the
…(15)… of another serve recession and a …(16)… retrenchment was to be recession
reasonably …(17)… throughout the training word. But this had not been the case
so far. Many leading companies are …(18)… their belief in training as the key
to future competitiveness and governments are …(19)… an era of rapid …(20)… in
higher education.
11. (a)
dogmatic
(b) paradoxical
(c) praiseworthy
(d) outstanding
Answer:
(b)
12. (a)
galvanized
(b) developing
(c) faltering
(d) privatised
Answer:
(c)
13. (a)
judicious
(b) marginal
(c) proportionate
(d) severe
Answer:
(d)
14. (a)
reactions
(b) slashing
(c) pro-activity
(d) curiosity
Answer:
(a)
15. (a)
area
(b) grip
(c) context
(d) mood
Answer:
(b)
16. (a)
critical
(b) profound
(c) projected
(d) expected
Answer:
(a)
17. (a)
asserting
(b) rejecting
(c) managing
(d) criticising
Answer:
(d)
18. (a)
criticising
(b) asserting
(c) managing
(d) rejecting
Answer:
(a)
19. (a)
establishing
(b) encouraging
(c) circulating
(d) preaching
Answer:
(b)
20. (a)
degradation
(b) communication
(c) exhibition
(d) expansion
Answer:
(d)
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